Configuring an SNMP Community

This section provides a sample of configuring an SNMP community using the rpc method.

**Table 1** Configuring an SNMP community name
Operation	XPATH
rpc	/ietf-snmp:snmp/engine/enable-authen-traps /ietf-snmp:snmp/community/index /ietf-snmp:snmp/community/text-name /ietf-snmp:snmp/community/security-name /ietf-snmp:snmp/community/huawei-snmp:authority

Data Requirements

Item	Data	Description
Whether to enable the switch to send community authentication failure traps to the NMS	true	Enable the switch to send community name authentication failure traps to the NMS.
Community name index	1	Set the community index to 1.
Community name	root@123	Set the community to root@123.
Community security name	aa	Set the community security to aa.
Permission of the SNMP community	read-write	Set the permission of the SNMP community to read-write.

Request Example

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<rpc message-id="15" xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <edit-config>
    <target>
      <running/>
    </target>
    <config>
      <snmp:snmp xmlns:snmp="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-snmp">
        <snmp:engine>
          <snmp:enabled>true</snmp:enabled>
          <snmp:enable-authen-traps>true</snmp:enable-authen-traps>
        </snmp:engine>
        <snmp:community>
          <snmp:index>1</snmp:index>
          <snmp:text-name>root@123</snmp:text-name>
          <snmp:security-name>aa</snmp:security-name>
          <hw-snmp:authority xmlns:hw-snmp="urn:huawei:params:xml:ns:yang:huawei-snmp">read-write</hw-snmp:authority>
        </snmp:community>
      </snmp:snmp>
    </config>
  </edit-config>
</rpc>

Response Example

# Sample of successful response

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<rpc-reply xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="15">
  <ok/>
</rpc-reply>

# Sample of failed response

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<rpc-reply xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="15">
  <rpc-error>
    <error-app-tag>-1</error-app-tag>
    <error-message>Service process failed.</error-message>
    <error-info>Error on node/ietf-snmp:snmp/engine/enabled</error-info>
  </rpc-error>
</rpc-reply>